2000 Speedway Grand Prix

The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions – while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.

The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final and the last two going towards the consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th to 8th scoring 15, 14, 12 and 10-point, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.

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The 2000 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

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{{SGP Calendar/r|2000|CZE|1|May 6|Markéta Stadium |Prague |USA |Billy Hamill

|GBR |Mark Loram |GBR |Chris Louis |AUS |Todd Wiltshire }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2000|SWE|2|June 3|Motorstadium |Linköping |AUS |Jason Crump

|GBR |Mark Loram |AUS |Todd Wiltshire |SWE |Tony Rickardsson }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2000|POL|3|July 1|Olympic Stadium |Wrocław |SWE |Tony Rickardsson

|USA |Billy Hamill |GBR |Chris Louis |AUS |Leigh Adams }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2000|GBR|4|July 29|Brandon Stadium |Coventry |GBR |Martin Dugard

|AUS |Ryan Sullivan |GBR |Mark Loram |AUS |Jason Lyons }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2000|DEN|5|September 2|Speedway Center |Vojens |USA |Greg Hancock

|AUS |Jason Crump |SWE |Stefan Dannö |DEN |Nicki Pedersen }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2000|EUR|6|September 23|Polonia Stadium |Bydgoszcz |USA |Billy Hamill

|USA |Greg Hancock |SWE |Tony Rickardsson |AUS |Jason Crump }}

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P1|GBR|16| Mark Loram

|b|20|b|20|e|15|c|18|e|15|e|14}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|P2|USA|11| Billy Hamill

|a|25|f|6|b|20|f|5|e|14|a|25}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|P3|SWE|1| Tony Rickardsson

|e|14|d|16|a|25|e|14|f|7|c|18}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|4|AUS|6| Jason Crump

|f|5|a|25|e|12|e|10|b|20|d|16}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|5|USA|7| Greg Hancock

|f|7|f|5|f|7|e|12|a|25|b|20}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|6|AUS|5| Leigh Adams

|f|6|e|10|d|16|e|15|e|12|f|6}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|7|POL|2| Tomasz Gollob

|e|15|e|14|e|14|x||f|6|e|15}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|8|AUS|21| Todd Wiltshire

|d|16|c|18|f|7|f|7|f|3|e|12}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|9|AUS|8| Ryan Sullivan

|f|8|e|12|f|8|b|20|f|8|f|6}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|10|GBR|10| Chris Louis

|c|18|f|7|c|18|f|8|f|5|f|4}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|11|SWE|3| Jimmy Nilsen

|f|6|e|15|f|5|f|6|f|2|f|8}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|12|SWE|9| Stefan Dannö

|f|3|f|4|e|10|f|6|c|18|f|0}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|13|SWE|12| Mikael Karlsson

|e|12|f|8|f|4|f|8|f|5|f|2}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|14|SWE|15| Henrik Gustafsson

|f|8|f|4|f|2|f|5|e|10|e|10}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|15|SWE|19| Peter Karlsson

|f|3|f|2|f|8|f|7|f|8|f|7}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|16|GBR|4| Joe Screen

|f|5|f|5|f|6|f|3|f|7|f|8}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|17|CZE|18| Antonín Kasper, Jr.

|f|7|f|6|f|5|f|4|f|6|f|4}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|18|GBR|13| Carl Stonehewer

|e|10|f|7|f|3|f|4|f|3|f|3}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|19|GBR|23| Martin Dugard

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{{SGP Table/r|W|20|DEN|23| Nicki Pedersen

|x||f|1|x||x||d|16|x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|21|POL|22| Rafał Dobrucki

|f|4|f|3|f|3|x||f|1|f|5}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|22|AUS|28| Jason Lyons

|x||x||x||d|16|x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|23|DEN|20| Brian Andersen

|f|4|f|2|f|1|f|2|f|4|f|2}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|24|DEN|14| Brian Karger

|f|2|f|3|f|4|f|1|f|2|f|1}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|25|GBR|17| Andy Smith

|f|2|f|1|f|1|f|2|f|1|f|3}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|26|NOR|24| Rune Holta

|x||f|8|x||x||x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|27|POL|24| Jarosław Hampel

|x||x||x||x||x||f|7}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|28|POL|24| Sebastian Ułamek

|x||x||f|6|x||x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|29|DEN|24| Jesper B. Jensen

|x||x||x||x||f|4|x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|30|POL|23| Piotr Protasiewicz

|x||x||f|2|x||x||f|1}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|31|GBR|24| Lee Richardson

|x||x||x||f|3|x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|32|CZE|23| Michal Makovský

|f|1|x||x||x||x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|33|CZE|24| Bohumil Brhel

|f|1|x||x||x||x||x|}}

{{SGP Table/r|W|34|DEN|25| John Jørgensen

|x||x||x||f|1|x||x|}}

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{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070203093546/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/ Official Speedway GP site]

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